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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Brunk, Wille3
Hird, Bob2
Ronnie, Mr2
Wright, John T2
Ebot, Wilson Atem1
Edge, Christine1
Ernest1
Kylstra, Henk E1
Orchard, Bill1
Medicine Horn
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Medicine Horn

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Male holding cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0501. With typed note.

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Medicine Horn
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Medicine Horn

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0500. With typed note.

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Medicine Horns
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Medicine Horns

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, hanging on the stone wall of a cowhouse or barn in Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie ...

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Medicine Horns
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Medicine Horns

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie of Leyburn. Cattle received medicine through the br...

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Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine. The implement was found in Westerdale. The neck of a m...

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Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

June 1967

Horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine, on stone steps at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). The neck of a medicine bottle would be p...

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Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open found in Westerdale. The neck of a medicine bottle would be passed through the cent...

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Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals

1960-1973

This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...

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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants from Leicesterrelate customs and beliefs known to them: flowers in hospital, new moon, shoes, crossed knives, hawthorn, howling dogs, cutlery, wart cures, death omens, divination (f...

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"Native Doctor"

Ebot, Wilson Atem

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken on 12 March 1976, of a doctor and diviner, Tanye-Tambe of Kembong (Cameroon). In his right hand he holds a magical knife, and in his left, a divining fetish.

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

24 November 1958

[Collector announcement]; William Rickards, recorded in Egloshayle; talks about farmwork on leaving school; wages; quarry work after World War One; working with his father in his flour mill, and then ...

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Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk

Pearson, Margaret Frances

1977

A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...

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